Prime Minister eh? I'm such a hoser. He was still blaming the wrong guy for NAFTA, though the current Bush is a NAFTA fanboi too. They should just change the name of the country to "The United Corporations of America" or "The Corporate States of America" and get it over with.
On 4/17/06, Steven Rakick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In an effort to keep the facts straight, Canada > doesn't have a President, they have a Prime Minister. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Neil Davis > Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 11:42 AM > To: Dave Alanis > Cc: [email protected]; Fergie > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] re: Dude! Amigo! [Was: > Re: [funsec] Universityof South Carolina e-Mail Co > > I'm not a fan of dubya, but NAFTA was passed during > the Clinton administration... > It was the initially pursued by George H.W. Bush > (dubya senior) and the Canadian president but it > didn't get very far during his term. > > Clinton thought it was a good idea so took up the > crusade after he was elected. > >From the Wiki: > There was considerable opposition on both sides of the > border, but in the United States it was able to secure > passage after President Bill Clinton made its passage > a major legislative initiative in 1993. After intense > political debate and the negotiation of several side > agreements, the US House passed NAFTA by 234-200 (132 > Republicans and > 102 Democrats voting in favor) and the US Senate > passed it by 61-38. > End From the Wiki. > > The current outsourcing stuff started with Clinton > too. It was already well under way in 2000. The > outsourcing didn't require any new laws to be passed. > It exploited loopholes, precedents set with NAFTA, and > the lack of laws concerning labor export. > > I am afraid you can't blame the current president for > this one... The current president may not be > everyone's favorite president, but let's at least keep > the facts straight and not twist history. > > Bush inherited these two things from your man Clinton, > along with the Dot Com bubble. Give credit where it's > due. > > -Viz > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
